#079: 2022 Supplement Industry Awards

It’s that time of year again — time for PricePlow’s 2022 Supplement Industry Awards. Mike and Ben sat down to review 2022, and then got into a batch of awards similar to what we did in the 2021 Supplement Industry Awards. 2022 brought some great new ingredient innovations, but also came with some heartbreaking tragedy. The industry mostly broke away from some of the issues created in 2020 and 2021, but also dealt with ongoing issues such as supply chain difficulties and price increases (especially for protein, creatine, and citrulline). Once again, most players who went big in 2022 were already well-established before 2020, but there are definitely a few new movers to keep your eyes on for 2023 and beyond. This is posted as Episode #079 on the PricePlow Podcast. Video and audio versions are below, with the details after that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcS-3g1KYM (0:00) – General 2022 Discussion (10:25) – 2023 MVP of the Year (Lifetime Achievement Award) (18:00) – 2022 Innovator of the Year (32:30) – Product of the Year (34:10) – Brand of the Year (48:40) – Breakout Brand of the Year (56:00) – Brands to watch for 2023 (1:03:30) – Protein Powder of the Year (1:06:55) – Pre-Workout of the Year? One we’d particularly like to highlight for its accessibility is Raw Nutrition CBum Thavage. It’s an excellent “daily driver” pre-workout formula that’s reasonable in both ingredients and price. It’s not over-powered or under-powered, it’s in that goldilocks zone. Our favorite flavor this year was their Ghost Legend Cbum Thavage Miami Vice Collab, although Myprotein put in yet another incredible The Pre-Workout Flavor, this time with their Mike and Ike Caribbean Punch flavor. What was your favorite pre-workout of 2022? Because we left this one a bit open… That wraps it up — as always, subscribe to the PricePlow Podcast on your favorite platform. Next up is our discussion with Jason Budsock of Animal Pak / Universal Nutrition!